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A lengthy student-body Senate meeting at the University of Mississippi Tuesday night resulted in a resolution to remove the state flag, which features the Confederate battle flag, from school grounds, the Clarion-Ledger reports. The measure was passed 33-15 and was penned by ASB Sen. Allen Coon in conjunction with several student groups, including the school's NAACP chapter. An amendment was also included to "encourage the Mississippi legislature to hasten their pursuit of a new state flag." "We are forever tied to the horrors of our past," Coon told CNN earlier this week. "We've flown this symbol of oppression. We've defended it. ... [It's] time to recognize that that was a mistake." The resolution now goes to the ASB president, who has said previously he'd approve it if the Senate did. The ultimate decision of whether the flag keeps flying is up to the school's chancellor, who's said before he'd like a new state flag. Three other public colleges in the state don't fly it, per CNN.

The vote follows a contentious rally held Friday, with more than 200 students gathered by the NAACP student chapter protesting the flag confronted by a counter-rally by nonstudents from a KKK-affiliated group and a Southern nationalist organization, the Clarion-Ledger reports. University police had to be called and ended up escorting members from the two nonstudent groups off campus grounds. At least one ASB senator believes the flag should stay for now because the college receives state funds, and the flag is still A-OK per the state of Mississippi. "There should not be a debate," Andrew Soper tells the paper. "This a state issue, not a university issue." The VP of the ASB Senate, however, lauded the group during Tuesday's meeting, saying students were "pushing social issues" and "truly … taking steps toward progress." "For once, the ASB Senate is actually doing something more than congratulating the football team and looking for crosswalks to put on campus," he noted.

Hear, hear! Nice to know that these "students" are "working" on really important matters that demonstrate their "higher" education. Meanwhile, the federal flag continues to fly over American slaves. The flag of the Army of Northern Virginia ceased to be relevant with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865. That surrender marked the end of freedom in America. Now everyone who fails to be informed and resist is a federal slave. The wording is "subject to the jurisdiction thereof", "citizen of the United States", and "privileges or immunities" (granted by the state, not rights granted by God) stated in Section 1 of the 14th amendment: "Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The War of Northern Aggression proved beyond a doubt that the republic was a sham and what the northern dominated Congress was willing to do to keep the South as its cash cow. The war demonstrated that the government lackeys of the northern states were willing to institute a draft and force hundreds of thousands of the people of the northern states to die in their bid to establish the absolute power of the federal government and crush state's rights. It was paid for with Lincoln's greenbacks, the first official U.S. government paper (counterfeit) money. The private cabal known as the Federal Reserve System was formed to monopolize that racket and to this day gets gold in exchange for its paper. Of course, such matters as these don't catch the attention of our Red Guard "student" flag police. Anyway, I am going to put up a pole and fly the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, the last of the freedom fighters in America. Does anyone know where I can buy one at least ten feet long? Sincerely, David Parker

Jerman

Oct 22, 2015 8:05 AM CDT

Ole Miss did the right thing. Now, they should remove the American flag as well since Native Americans were killed under that flag.

realtruth

Oct 22, 2015 8:03 AM CDT

The Flag of the USA is as equally Raciest flag as the confederate flag for the exact same reasons. Slavery for both flags is something that happened LONG time ago.. and is no longer part of the culture of either.. This is no more that Civil War Reconstruction punishment of 2015..